I'm sorry if this has been answered but does anyone know if Apple has said whether you can turn haptic feedback off on the trackpad. I'll be buying a 15 inch Macbook Pro soon so I won't have to deal with this new trackpad but I'm hoping that in the future if I have to buy one of these I can turn this feature off as I prefer a simple trackpad.
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First Impressions of New 12-Inch MacBook: Ridiculously Light, but Thin Keys and Trackpad Take Getting Used To
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Yesssss.... Apple is the largest and most profitable company on the planet, out of any industry, not because they're doing anything right, but purely due to their own insidious wqys, and the failings of every other tech company on Earth. You must be an exceptionally successful person to have this point of view. Tell me, what is it you do? Let me guess... You're the CEO of the SECRETLY largest and most profitable company on the planet!
A docking station where you only have to plug in one cable, is actually ideal for a laptop...
Very surprised by the lack of ports. Less ports than the lower tier MBA.
Im even more surprised to see a 3.5mm headphone jack as apple is clearly pushing wireless on this thing since they dedicated a whole slide to promoting 802.11ac and bluetooth 4.0
could have made a cool $300 bucks extra selling a pair of BT beats with each of these.
Im even more surprised to see a 3.5mm headphone jack as apple is clearly pushing wireless on this thing since they dedicated a whole slide to promoting 802.11ac and bluetooth 4.0
could have made a cool $300 bucks extra selling a pair of BT beats with each of these.
When keyboards first came out, they didn't feel intuitive- because no one had ever used one before. But we got used to them.
Even thought I have not required a DVD in about a year and a half it is still something many people do use. Yeah, not reallya relic and Apple likely says that so they can sell overpriced compressed video on iTunes.
Apple called floppy disks a relic in 1998 when I did not even start using them until 1999. Sure I hated the things yet they were the cheapest option at the time.
well, I like it.
If this is the Macbook, they could pretty well drop the "air" name and lump those models the next revision round, and then with the beefier Macbook Pro, they have a clear concise notebook line with minimal redundancy and overlap.
Macbook
Macbook Pro
iMac
Mac Pro
A Thunderbolt 2 retina Display...
someday.
If this is the Macbook, they could pretty well drop the "air" name and lump those models the next revision round, and then with the beefier Macbook Pro, they have a clear concise notebook line with minimal redundancy and overlap.
Macbook
Macbook Pro
iMac
Mac Pro
A Thunderbolt 2 retina Display...
someday.
Heres hoping Apple doesn't get 'ideas' and remove ports on their other laptops. \
Or they could get rid of ports and update the Macbook Pro non retina for those who need ports or use their laptops as a laptop and a desktop.
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I use my DVD player in my Mac every single day when I cycle on the trainer inside. Its fair cheaper to buy DVDs of TV shows then iTunes, and I don't have the space to keep them on my Macbook.
I know plenty of people who buy DVDs... There is a big difference between the floppy and the DVD. DVDs are also still the most non fuss method of getting home movies to family members etc.
Or they could get rid of ports and update the Macbook Pro non retina for those who need ports or use their laptops as a laptop and a desktop.
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I use my DVD player in my Mac every single day when I cycle on the trainer inside. Its fair cheaper to buy DVDs of TV shows then iTunes, and I don't have the space to keep them on my Macbook.
I know plenty of people who buy DVDs... There is a big difference between the floppy and the DVD. DVDs are also still the most non fuss method of getting home movies to family members etc.
When keyboards first came out, they didn't feel intuitive- because no one had ever used one before. But we got used to them.
Yeh, when I learned how to type, it was on a mechanical typewriter. You had to push the keys down about 2 inches into the typewriter. Being used to that feel, it took years to get the hang of the mechanical keyboard of a word processor & then computer. Later when the current low-profile flat-key laptop keyboards started taking over, again I couldn't feel where my fingers were landing. After a year or so, when I finally was used to that, I wound up using virtual control surfaces and on-screen keyboards on the iPad for touch typing, which I can finally do now at speed.
Every time there's a change in keyboard form factor, it doesn't feel intuitive.
And it's ridiculous that we're still interfacing with semi-intelligent machines through the interface of an antique typewriter.
Pandering fanboy gibberish.
1. Prove it!
2. Yes, people still use them occasionally. I must have used mine at least twice in the past 3 years.
3. With that one port?
4. Any device you'd normally use. Copy protection dongles for various software, memory sticks etc...
5. Because everyone just has an iPhone? No other devices use memory cards?
Based on what I have seen and read this Force Trackpad no longer has a discernible downward click, if true this is horrendous, other than the OS X which I prefer over Windows 8, the Apple trackpad basically forces me to buy a new Macbook Pro, why make it worse, many here probably disagree with me but the laptop form factor with a trackpad allows technology to almost disappear.
I prefer it over any touch screen and I understand that these companies need to constantly change things in order to justify upgrades but at least offer the traditional user the compromise of turning it off, in this instance you can't get back the traditional click.
I prefer it over any touch screen and I understand that these companies need to constantly change things in order to justify upgrades but at least offer the traditional user the compromise of turning it off, in this instance you can't get back the traditional click.
I was so ready to buy one and willing to accept its port limitations, but ... as soon as I saw the price I was gobsmacked! $1800 AUD for 256mb version???? Woah!
I was expecting it to be under $1000, considering it is like a netbook or like an iPad with a keyboard.
I'm still happy with my MBA 2012 and would have loved to have owned a Space Grey 12" MB too, even if just for travels and watching movies, surfing the net etc. It would have been perfect for my needs. Battery life is awesome too. But there is no way I can justify paying that amount of money for it.
How can Apple justify the asking price? If they were $900 each I would have happily bought 2 of them.
I really want a rMBA but looks like I'm going to have to wait. Unless I win lotto then I might buy 12" MB. Oh for the lotto life. Sighhh...
I was expecting it to be under $1000, considering it is like a netbook or like an iPad with a keyboard.
I'm still happy with my MBA 2012 and would have loved to have owned a Space Grey 12" MB too, even if just for travels and watching movies, surfing the net etc. It would have been perfect for my needs. Battery life is awesome too. But there is no way I can justify paying that amount of money for it.
How can Apple justify the asking price? If they were $900 each I would have happily bought 2 of them.
I really want a rMBA but looks like I'm going to have to wait. Unless I win lotto then I might buy 12" MB. Oh for the lotto life. Sighhh...
Just my 2 pence what we are getting here, comparison point being the current 11" Air which I love:
On the positives:
- better screen
Neutral:
- slightly smaller, thinner and lighter, honestly, couldn't care less, the 11" is by far small and thin enough
- same battery life
- different keyboard and touchpad: remains to be seen if good or bad
Negative:
- minus two USB ports and a thunderbolt port
- worse camera
- worse processor
- no more magsafe - big negative for me with kids in the household...
- forced upsale to 8GB RAM which I do not need
- potential overheating due to lack of fan? When I see how hot my iPhone 6 sometimes gets...
Conclusion: Not so good for me. I had been holding back with buying an Air for my wife expecting this 12" to launch, well she will get an 11" after all, much better value for money and minus the significant drawback of the lack of ports (my wife likes to use a mouse - no USB port for the receiver!)
On the positives:
- better screen
Neutral:
- slightly smaller, thinner and lighter, honestly, couldn't care less, the 11" is by far small and thin enough
- same battery life
- different keyboard and touchpad: remains to be seen if good or bad
Negative:
- minus two USB ports and a thunderbolt port
- worse camera
- worse processor
- no more magsafe - big negative for me with kids in the household...
- forced upsale to 8GB RAM which I do not need
- potential overheating due to lack of fan? When I see how hot my iPhone 6 sometimes gets...
Conclusion: Not so good for me. I had been holding back with buying an Air for my wife expecting this 12" to launch, well she will get an 11" after all, much better value for money and minus the significant drawback of the lack of ports (my wife likes to use a mouse - no USB port for the receiver!)
Remarkable how people forget the past. A lot of the cries on here have been echoed before.
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/421095/
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/421095/
Me, I can't wait to try and, most likely, buy one of these. I had an Air 11" that I sold to a customer that desperately needed one when hers failed and she was going out of town the next morning. Instead of buying a new 11" I went ahead and got a rMPB 13". I have never owned the MacBook Pro and I wanted to try it out and especially use the retina screen. I can say that I love, love, love this screen! But, it has just been way too bulky for me after the 11" Air. I know it's only an extra 1.25 pounds or so more, but I do notice it. I carry it with me everywhere I go, all day long. So a 2 pound MacBook with the same basic footprint as my old Air 11" would be ideal for me.
Yes the single port is a pain... maybe. But I'm sure of a few things: One, USB sticks with USB-C connectors will soon follow (especially since Windows laptops will be adopting USB-C as well) and I am also pretty sure there will be USB-C to ethernet adapter. I do use my TB to ethernet fairly frequently when doing router setups for customers. Otherwise the $80.00 Apple adapter will work, but with yet another dongle for ethernet. Dongles aren't ideal, I know, but I have had one in my laptop bag since the original 2008 Air (which I purchased, with the 64GB SSD--damn that was pricey!) and it only had the single USB port with no ethernet or DVD.
My only concern is the keyboard. I like to write when not doing computer consulting and the keyboard is pretty important to me, so I will definitely need to test it out a bit in store before committing to it. (I wonder if they'd let me install Scrivener on it )
So, overall, my reaction to the announcement today was very positive. I think this is the perfect tiny, portable laptop for my needs! And my color preference is Space Gray.
Yes the single port is a pain... maybe. But I'm sure of a few things: One, USB sticks with USB-C connectors will soon follow (especially since Windows laptops will be adopting USB-C as well) and I am also pretty sure there will be USB-C to ethernet adapter. I do use my TB to ethernet fairly frequently when doing router setups for customers. Otherwise the $80.00 Apple adapter will work, but with yet another dongle for ethernet. Dongles aren't ideal, I know, but I have had one in my laptop bag since the original 2008 Air (which I purchased, with the 64GB SSD--damn that was pricey!) and it only had the single USB port with no ethernet or DVD.
My only concern is the keyboard. I like to write when not doing computer consulting and the keyboard is pretty important to me, so I will definitely need to test it out a bit in store before committing to it. (I wonder if they'd let me install Scrivener on it
)So, overall, my reaction to the announcement today was very positive. I think this is the perfect tiny, portable laptop for my needs! And my color preference is Space Gray.
They were right about the Air in 2008. As some of us learned later, it was one of the worst first gen product from Apple.
This is the issue for me. If I want to plug in power, a monitor, my iPhone cradle and non Bluetooth mouse and Ethernet (still significantly faster for time capsule and NAS access), how many adaptors am I going to need? This is clearly not a machine for me.
But even for my Mum who mainly does Internet browsing, she'll still need adaptors for power and plugging in her iPad or phone. Really think a minimum of power and one separate usb should have been considered.
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My question would be why didn't the committee that was working on USB-C make the port be a mag-safe kind of port? What's wrong with that kind of forward thinking? (modest aren't I?)
Sure, they've finally made it omni-directional, but they've thrown away the safety feature of the mag-safe
I like mag safe for power. But imagine you are mid way through writing to a drive when your cat/dog/child pulls the mag safe cable out. You'll get drive corruption. Saying that, these things are getting so light, it would be pretty easy to pull one of a table by its power connector. Maybe the pull of the magnet was strong enough that the laptop would pull off the table before the magnetic connector would break free, making MagSafe pointless?
Yes. I really do not think of anything as a relic until very few wish to use it. I wanted a macbook with a blu-ray drive for some time. itunes wants several times more then I can find shows as well. Some even say flash drives are dead when I still use them at times, same with sd cards, qicker then dropbox for large files.
Apple is often too far in the future to a point they forget what people need to do now.
We are talking about a $1300 laptop however. The public in general does not buy such expensive machines.